"So Simple" Murder and Suicide Footman's Callous Crime LONDON
"I didn't half give it to the damn boy. I made him squeak." This was the callous avowal of the 17-year-old footman, Ernest Walker,…
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Courts & crime, 1922
1,794 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 90
Maitland Circuit Court Dispute Over Cattle
The Maitland Circuit Court opened at the East Maitland courthouse this morning, before Mr. Justice James. Alexander Adam Whiteman Nevison…
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John Jeremiah Curran was found guilty at the Circuit Court of the murder of James Hogan, Mayor of Moree. A recommendation to mercy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sinn Fein Murder. an Unarmed General. the Murderers Arrested. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Brigadier-General Adamston, commanding the Athlone Brigade, was shot dead in the streets of Athlone on Monday night when returning to his barracks near the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cool Theft Seaman "Takes" Boots
A cool theft was perpetrated at Mac's shoe store on April 21. James O'Brien (33), seaman, walked downstairs into the men's section of the…
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At the Newcastle Police Court this morning. Arthur Charles Burns, a 17-year-old railway employee, was prosecuted for having stolen a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 27. (Before Mr. M. Longfield, Deputy S.M.) Drunkenness
One person charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and his bail deposit was forfeited. Maurice Fitzgerald (50) was fined 10s, of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hunger Strike Rand Prisoners Complaints from Gaol JOHANNESBURG
A hunger strike is reported to have commercial among several hundreds of prisoners who are awaiting trial in connection with the recent outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Amazing Story Princess and Impostor Family Jewels Gone "Captain Weinberg" in Gaol WASHINGTON, March 11
In a recent arrest the amazing story of Weinberg is out at last. And with this is the announcement that the Princess Fatima is going back home…
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Application was made, before Mr. Longfield, at the Newcastle Fair Rents Court this morning by Samuel Verdoker to determine the rental of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District. Maitland Circuit Court. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice James.)
The Maitland Circuit Court was opened at the court-house, East Maitland, yesterday, before Mr. Justice James. Mr. G. P. Walker, deputy [?], was in attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Engineers at War Rights of Management Employers' Call to Resume Work Court of Inquiry Appointed LONDON
Falling an eleventh hour settlement, employer's nation wide are about to close in the most inevitable battle of this generation. The Engineering Federation, with the backing of the National Employers' Federation, has announced the opening of the…
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Late on Wednesday night armed men visted Dunmanway, West Cork, and much rifle and revolver firing occurred. Later three prominent citizens were…
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A serious mutiny is reported from the Presidency Gaol in Calcutta. The prisoners attempted to break through the gates, and their determined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 28. (Before Mr. M. Longfield, Deputy S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
August Rosengreen (62), sailor, and William Kelly (53), hairdresser, were each fined 10s, or two days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Kelly was also fined £2,…
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At the Maitland Circuit Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Justice James, Sarah May Smith, formerly Lewis, asked for a dissolution of her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grave Situation Dail Eirann Session Continues De Valera Wants Unity Murder Campaign Unabated
LONDON, Friday. Mr. Griffith announces that in consequences of the gravity of the situation Dail Elrann will remain in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Arbitration Court Millen in Opposition Tribunal Preferred Hobart
Speaking here, Senator J. D. Millen said he was still opposed to the Arbitration Act. The Arbitration Court had not been able to enforce its…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fair Rents Court. (Before Mr. M. Longfield, Deputy S.M.)
Samuel Verdoker, who was represented by Mr. F. O'Donnell, asked the court to determine the fair rent of premises in Railway-street, Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland District. Maitland Circuit Court. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice James.)
The Maitland Circuit Court was resumed at the court-house, East Maitland, yesterday before Mr. Justice James. R. S, Collard and A. Vercoe, two jurors…
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